Ramón Grosso

Ramón Grosso
	Grosso in 1966
Personal information
Full name	Ramón Moreno Grosso
Date of birth	8 December 1943
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Date of death	13 February 2002 (aged 58)
Place of death	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Santo Domingo el Sabio
1959–1963	Real Madrid
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
1987	Real Madrid B
1991	Real Madrid (interim)
1997	Real Madrid B
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ramón Moreno Grosso (8 December 1943 – 13 February 2002) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward.

He represented Real Madrid during 12 La Liga seasons, playing 366 official matches (96 goals scored) and winning 11 major titles, including the 1966 European Cup.

Club career[]

Born in Madrid, Grosso reached Real Madrid's youth system at the age of 15,^[1] going on to remain there for the following 12 years.

On 10 January 1964, Grosso joined Atlético Madrid on loan until the end of the season, and was able to help save the club from relegation to the second division, scoring three goals in 12 games.^[2]

Even though he shared teams with the likes of Amancio Amaro, Francisco Gento or Ferenc Puskás, Grosso was team top scorer in his first two seasons, scoring 17 goals from 28 appearances in 1964–65 and 11 in 29 in the following. He made his debut in the European Cup on 23 September 1964, scoring in the 5–2 away victory over Boldklubben 1909.^[1]^[3]

In the following years, Grosso played in several positions for Real Madrid, even being placed as goalkeeper in the Ramón de Carranza Trophy match against Boca Juniors. For his "team-first" approach he was eventually dubbed Obrero (worker),^[1] and he left his main club in June 1976 at the age of 32, retiring from football subsequently.

Grosso continued to work with Real in the following decades, as a manager: he started in the youth sides, then worked as head coach with Real Madrid Castilla in two separate Segunda División campaigns (24 games in 1986–87 and one in 1996–97, suffering relegation in the latter), and finally as assistant to the main squad;^[4] on 24 March 1991, following the sacking of Alfredo Di Stéfano and before the appointment of Radomir Antić, he acted as interim to the latter in a 1–1 home draw to Real Oviedo.^[5]

International career[]

Grosso won 14 caps for Spain, over the course of three years. His debut occurred on 1 February 1967 in a 0–0 draw against Turkey at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium for the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifiers, and he scored in the second contest between the two teams, a 2–0 success in Bilbao.^[1]

International goals[]


#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	31 May 1967	San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain	Turkey	1–0	2–0	Euro 1968 qualifying

Death[]

After a long battle with cancer, Grosso died on 13 February 2002 in his hometown of Madrid, aged 58. He was survived by his wife Amparo and five children, including the oldest María Angela, who married Real Madrid player Francisco Llorente.^[1]^[6]